Antiskid attachment.



V. G. HUML. ANISKID ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION HLEDMAR.18.19|8.

Patented Dgo. 1T, 1918.

lifiillhliil gecieatien of Letters Patent. A

.application filed aaren i3, 19123, Serial No. 23,022.

, 'eries er" yoke shape -ead nieinbers are pivolally conneeeil together at their respect-ive inner ends or terminals by coupling links, alii he present improvement has 'for iis ire'i'ide a siinple and eliieienl; struetural forinalioi'i and combination of parts adap ed te ailerd a light durable and elle@ sive strnelure in which he various pars of the attachment are iiif'oally Connected le griller in readily detachable inanner for convenient replaeenienr` and repair, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

in 'the accompanying drauingt Fig re l, is a detail side elei'aion with paris nrolien away and in section, illnstrahf in?,v lhe present invention as applied to an ordinary lnneinnaic tireh 2, is an end elevation oi the attachinerili, siieu'n in Figi. l.

Fig, 3, is a detail horizonl'al sec'ion. through the ends of lie read members and 'eonnling li lis'ol2 'the appliance,

` is a derail elevation el' the means une' the altachuient a'iier applica-y v Wheel tire. lie reference numerals indicate like parts several Views. lo he drawing, l designates a ri-.ad nienibers having' rhe usual iaeeel relation around the tire 2 d haring the usual yoke shane i and iii said vili rire. T

i all weinen each inwardly dis i ineii'iber l is ,Formed which in ,ils s referred in, and

(S designates coupling links formed with enlarged terminal ends r eyes, and With longitudinal slits Y, preferably extending the greater part ef the links 6, and having intermediate their lengths enlarged entrance oriliees 8 for the insertion of the heads of the pivot sinds above referred to.

9 designates onsV of the pivot studs above referred to, and Ywhich in the present struc lure eonnirises a pair of heads integrally connected togeheriin proper spaced relationv by a connecting shank lO as shown more particularly in 3. y

1l desig'na'res a lining of rubber or the like, attached to ihe' inner and bearing` surface of the tread nieinber 1, with a View to lessen the Wear, ete., between the contacting surfaces.

12 designate angle pieces adapted for engagement in manner substantially as above described Ywith die pivot studs 9- at 'ihe .respective ends or terminals of the present a'rachinent.

, 13 desiguales a turn bolt formed with right and left handed screw-threads on its respective ends and which have operative engagement .vi'li screw-threaded orifices in the angle pieces l2 aforesaid, lo effect the usual operation of tightening the attach nient around the Wheel tire after the attachnient has been applied thereto, and in loosening' the ataehnient when it is desired to remore the sainei ln an asseniblage of the parts'of the present strueture, a pair of pivot studs 9 are passed through the entrance orifice 4 of the' die position illustrated in Fig. l, with the inner heads of the pivot studs 9 resting` in the recess 5 ol2 said tread member l.

rlChe entrance orifice 8 of a coupling' link 6 is then passed over the einer head oliits indi* yidual pivot stnd'aforesaid, after which the coupling` iinl (S. willi ils longitudinal siii/Yin engagement with he shankof said stud, is inov'ed leng'lh'ufise "io bring' said shank ro nearing`l engzaiijenienr at one end or the elongfaed siiiL 7. 'This operation is repealed in eileeline a series oi' couplings G willi the l'read iueinhers l oi the eoin'plele alaehment.

Having" thus fully deserilied my saidinven'ion, what l elaiin as new and desire to secure. by Leiters Paten., is

l. ,ln an anti-skid altaehnienl, the combiiialien of a plurality of yoke shape tread ineiiibers forined wih "l" shape slits in their1 Yarenrerl lliee. le?, lim@- fioI teeiniinitl ends. il plinl lity n'l couplingA linhhI fdl'znml with longitudinal slits, :1nd n plu- 'ulit of (lmililfshvmlil fstnils adapta-il. for if" einem in thv. n'l'nivsaiiil slits of the i'iwil mvnihms nml c nplin;y linlis, substanlinll;v :is wt forth.

i. n :in ainti'rihirl :ittntliiiivnw thel coinhinatio t :i plurality nl vwkn .slnipv tread nwnilwi's 'lf'm'inml with slinpv litri :mil enlzi=^ff e l c* "Lanvc rn'itiies in their tin-initial xneniheizs intl coupling links, ssnhstzintizlllg,v :is sat forth.

3. ln an :Inti-skid uttziclizncnt, the combination nt' zi plln'iilit)Y nt yoke shape titzitl nwnilwrs tm'nwd with T shape slits in thviil tviniiniil ends, :i plurality ot coupling links torino/ll with longitudinal Slits unil nnlni'gcil Qnt'ancn orifices` and plnililit)Y nt ilnilhln hnmleil studs :uliiptml fm ongzigtninnt in the zitii'nn'f i L slits of the ti'cml nlnilwi's unil canipling links, substantially is Het forth.

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